"This is a hostile and political act by Amazon,"

It seems Mad King Orange I is not only going to war with all of American's allies, but also with the American people.

The American Chavez truly is following in the footsteps of his role models Hugo Chavez and Nicolás Maduro. And the American economy is showing the first signs of following the great example of Venezuela.*

* Fun fact: Venezuela too is supported by Putin.

Mad King Orange

Just noticed a photo of his citric majesty in one of his more arrogant poses that the tangerine twat does seem to bear more than a slight ressemblance to Mussolini in a bad wig.

I imagine he too will end up on a pole before his circus leaves town.

My latest and so far favorite is Agolf Twitler. I think it sums him up nicely. Cheats at everything and believes he is king of the world. He even says it out loud.

I like "Trumpolini".

Trumplethinskin is a favourite, the raging tantrum when he doesn't get his way

Trumpolini, Trumpolini,

tiny little hands,

Trumpolini dance,

Trumpolini (grand) stands

Apologies for the scansion, too much giggling.

Il Douché

"Agolf Twitler"

Too much honor.

Hugo Chavez seems a much better, or worse?, model of incompetence.

A man who took a prosperous country and singlehandedly destroyed it's economy and drove away half it's population.

That aligns with the plans of the American Chavez.

I would be interested in seeing what would happen if the orange one was warned about Dihydrogen Monoxide and the effects it could have on the american people...

Accidental Dihydrogen Monoxide overdose kills more than 4000 Americans each year. Recreational use of Dihydrogen Monoxide funds a large industry in America and is a cause of many of these ODs.

Read about [1]The Truth about DIHYDROGEN MONOXIDE .

[1] https://dhmo.org/truth/Dihydrogen-Monoxide.html

You can't include that one about a profitable industry in the US. That might outweigh anything else in the list. No, to really clinch it, you have to report that [1]nearly a billion dollars per year is used to import DHMO products and [2]Canada is a source of the raw substance and partially regulates the US's use of it . That should be enough.

[1] https://www.globaltrademag.com/u-s-bottled-water-imports-to-hit-record-800m-this-year/

[2] https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/corporate/international-affairs/partnerships-countries-regions/north-america/canada-united-states-boundary-waters-treaty.html

Dihydrogen Monoxide isn't that scary, wait until you hear about hydroxyl hydride, That hydroxyl group is nasty:

When biological systems are exposed to hydroxyl radicals, they can cause damage to cells, including those in humans, where they can react with DNA, lipids, and proteins

citation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroxy_group#:~:text=In%20chemistry%2C%20a%20hydroxy%20or,one%20or%20more%20hydroxy%20groups.

If you want a nasty substance, try [1]Chlorine trifluoride

[1] https://youtu.be/M4l56AfUTnQ

It took more than a decade for Putin to dismantle democracy in Russia. There were hundreds of changes of law here and there, before all protections removed. His people installed here and there. Surprisingly he seeks legality in his actions: that is, everything is justified by some law.

In the legal profession, one refers to "Rule By Law" as opposed to "Rule of Law." In "Rule By Law," the government has the power to create and enforce laws arbitrarily. This is exemplified by what the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has done in Hong Kong and what Vladimir Putin has done in Russia. For instance, Russia has implemented a law prohibiting individuals convicted of crimes from running for office. They then created vague and arbitrary criminal laws, which they used to arrest and convict political opposition, rendering them ineligible to run for office.

So if you're convicted of a crime, you can't run for office, is that something the US would like? or is only bad when Russians do it?

He seeks legality because it makes it that much harder to unseat him and rid the country of his cronies.

If his actions were illegal he could be removed so much faster

Can you hear yourself, He doesn't break the law of the country instead passing legislation through the political system of the county where it can be scrutinised and challenged, unlike a real Trump style leader.

And you object to this because it makes the US look bad ?

Yes - he stopped the US looting of the country.

Improved Life expectancy https://www.statista.com/statistics/1090507/life-expectancy-at-birth-in-russia-by-area/

Improved GDP https://www.statista.com/statistics/263772/gross-domestic-product-gdp-in-russia/

Improved PPP https://tradingeconomics.com/russia/gdp-per-capita-ppp

More importantly at the ICJ Russia was on the side of international Law and Justice, while the USA was arguing US Backed Zionist State Terror group was entitled to murder children and starve Millions of People. https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/us-defends-israeli-use-of-starvation-as-weapon-of-war-before

Worst reality tv show ever.

God how I wish this was only a TV show. This is clearly a case where reality trumps (pun intended) fiction.

Living though it is holy hell. Every time the orange-turd start braying about the last perceived transgression that crossed his feeble mind, America (and Canada, Greenland, and the rest of the free world) cringes and just hopes the next 1,361 days pass swiftly, oh so swiftly. I strongly suspect this will be a lesson not easily forgotten, nor should it be.

On a serious note, this should serve as a cautionary tale about the dangers of letting the right-wing camel get it nose under the proverbial political tent. It soon metastasizes and overtakes the political party that lifted the edge of the tent. Democracy and its hard won freedoms must be guarded and nurtured by all. As a parent, the damage done to my children's generation will take a lifetime to repair. As a student of history, I'm just glad the the majority of the greatest generation have already passed on to their final reward and are spared the shame brought about by those that failed to learn the lessons history has to teach.

Were I a more cynical person I may even be tempted to think that what we see may be intentionally brought about by those who understand the lessons well but who are willing to exploit the circumstance for personal gain. There should be a special place for those involved if my cynicism turns out to be something more than the suspicions of an old attorney. Time will tell.

Greed, Arrogance, and Fear - an unholy trinity where ever they are found.

Racism and misogyny fuels a lot of these MAGA supporters of Mad king Orange I.

In my book those two come under Arrogance and Fear.

We went through this with Brexit. International laughing stock. Billions in self-harm. Industries screwed. Massive inflation. Empty spaces on the shelves. Uni budgets crippled.

There is no upside, and it may not even be possible to recover generationally after it happens. It's the same thing - nationalist pricks burning their own house down as they don't like the wallpaper. It is just bigger all ways in America.

As for covering up the taxiff costs, none of the mainstream media in the UK dared blame anything on Brexit and it still doesn't. They blamed it all on Putin and Covid. Lying by omission.

Isn’t she that lady in pink on North Korean NEWS?

She almost makes the NK pink lady look like an amateur. I think the cross she wears has an asbestos insulator to protect her from third degree burns when she holds a press conference.

[1] How did she know?

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWgnoDdJFWg

Propaganda Barbie

"Because how dare you put a spotlight on this thing I did that makes me look bad!"

Have we all fallen through the looking glass? I feel like we're a tea party away from cries of "Off with his head!"

wait.....

The [1]TEA party is old news. They were a bunch of crazies who got started in 2007 and gained traction in 2010 when they found a home in the Republican party. The name is effectively dead but most of the ideas remain and are being implemented right now. The only real change is that the TEA party wanted to reduce the budget deficit (by reducing taxes) while the current strategy is to grow deficit bigly.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_Party_movement

"... reduce the budget deficit (by reducing taxes) ..."

Did any of them understand that reducing taxes would increase the deficit unless they also slashed spending?

> "The name is effectively dead but most of the ideas remain and are being implemented right now."

Well, isn't that the point? If the Tea Party is no longer the distinct or newsworthy faction it was fifteen years ago, isn't that- to a large extent- simply a reflection of the fact that they'd largely succeeded in taking over as the dominant force within the Republican party anyway?

"Because how dare you put a spotlight on this thing I did that makes me look bad!"

If they didn't it would be pitch black.

I mean, really: Amazon are the good guys now?

The enemy of my enemy is still not someone I'd want dating my sister.

Works, but the correct maxim would be:

The enemy of my enemy is my enemy's enemy. No more - no less.

I wouldn't inflict my ex-sister (Icon) on my worst enemy or his enemy.

I mean, really: Amazon are the good guys now?

Err, nope. Problem with this 'article' starts with three simple words. Accoding to CNN. Then people pick up some non-news and run with it. So the story goes that someone at Amazon decided it would be a neat political protest to include tariffs in the displayed price. That idea was quickly shot down, so then presumably leaked to CNN, who like El Reg, are always looking for 'news' to bash the current administration.

Amazon should be firing whoever proposed and leaked this genius idea because they're f'ng idiots who obviously don't understand business. So assuming this 'idea' was actually implemented, all it would have done is reveal the tat flinger's margins and some internal costs. Widget is on sale or $19,95. Tariff 'tax' was $1,45. So widget actually cost Amazon $1 because tariffs are applied to the landed cost. So Amazon would be making $17,50 on that sale. Minus some other internal costs, like shipping, picking & packing etc.

Brilliant idea. Publish Amazon's cost. Can't think why Amazon rejected this idea. Much easier to understand why the losers club picked it up, ran with it and even created some conspiracy theories around it.

Bad business idea, perhaps, but a clever move to apply pressure to the government to walk back tariffs with a side benefit of showing the American people that the administration knows they're fucking over the average person.

... with a side benefit of showing the American people that the administration knows they're fucking over the average person.

If the average person hadn't figured that out already, they probably shouldn't be allowed to vote. Then again, there still seems to be a lot of people thinking tariffs are applied to price rather than cost. But I had a long argument here with a person (probably an AC) who just couldn't grasp that prices & costs can be different (or the same) thing, depending on where in the transaction you're sitting.

The average person doesn't appear to have a clue... which may be why Trump managed to get elected, and why this is being treated as a threat by Trump who appears to like his voter base to remain ignorant.

The average person doesn't appear to have a clue... which may be why Trump managed to get elected,

Quite true. It's just the clueless voted for Harris, and not enough of them. And boy are they bitter about that. Much like they were the last time around when they spent 4+ years ranting about Trump instead of coming up with solutions.. Which is again why Harris lost.

And again, you are actually talking sense, you've got to stop doing this or it might become a habit.

Serious though, the majority of voters either don't believe their vote matters, believe the comfortable lies their candidate tells, are stupid enough to think that their preferred party won't eat their face etc. and those are the people who need reality slapping them in the face day after day with companies like Amazon doing stuff like this.

A simple statement across all items explaining they've gone up in price because of tariffs should suffice.

As I understand it..

The proposal was for their Haul site, which is largely wholesale? The costs are fairly transparent there. Haul is in response to Temu - which now quite openly states tariffs on its receipts (to the shock of US customers).

So (a) it was likely suggested in response to Temu getting publicity and

(b) they need to explain to frustrated users why all their prices are going up somehow

The fun part is the panicked respons from the white house.

And Jellied Eel

And Jellied Eel

Huh? Where do you see me panicing? I'm working on selling peril sensitive sunglasses to lefties with TDS. Plus seeing if there's a way to fast-track becoming a Cardinal. Places like Andorra and Monaco get the usual 10% for EU, but Vatican City is zero rated. So ship via Vatican, apply a value added blessing for only 5% and then ship on to the US. A very indulgent way to save 5%.

> Where do you see me panicing?

In the comments for this article. The word is "panicking" btw; looks like your pretense at being a native English speaker is slipping, Vlad.